Edward Hamlin

Massive Hematemesis Resulting from Rupture of a Gastric-Artery Aneurysm

IN RECENT years there has been an increasing interest in early operation as the most satisfactory treatment of acute massive bleeding from the upper intestinal tract. As a result of improvements in...

Nonoperative Reduction of Acute Volvulus of the Sigmoid

THE incidence of sigmoidal volvulus in the United States is so low that few surgeons acquire great experience in dealing with it. It is reported by most authors as ranging between 1 and 4 per cent ...

Acute Surgical Emergencies of the Abdomen in Pregnancy

THE experiences of the Boston Lying-in Hospital with acute surgical emergencies from 1916 to 1939 have been reported.§ Because of the subsequent introduction of newer methods of therapy and in orde...

Case 36-1962

Presentation of Case A sixty-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of cough and a mediastinal mass. Six months previously the patient began to have a constant tickle in the throat that ...